podão
Portuguese, noun/pɔˈdɐ̃w̃/
podão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “billhook; pruning hook (agricultural implement similar to a sickle used to prune plants)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instrumento, ferramenta para cortar as ramas das árvores ou arbustos”.
What does podão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebillhook; pruning hook (agricultural implement similar to a sickle used to prune plants)
- 2
masculinetrimmer (large scissors used in gardening)
- 3
masculineaverruncator
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. instrumento, ferramenta para cortar as ramas das árvores ou arbustos
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of podão
- podões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce podão?
- Brazil /pɔˈdɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [pɔˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /puˈdɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to podão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is podão in Portuguese?
podão appears about once in every 72 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).